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Lady Sovereign

Thu., May 7, 8:30 p.m., $12-$14, all ages, with Chester French and Hollywood Holt, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.


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Published: May 5, 2009

hip-hop/grime

Lady Sovereign doesn't exactly have the best track record here in Philly. You may recall a certain notorious meltdown/near-riot at the pre-remodel Silk City. In fact, she's had a pretty rough time of things in general. She was once hailed as the great white hope for U.K. rap, but her charismatic, electro-spiked debut failed to truly blow up at home or in the States (a No. 1 video on TRL notwithstanding). She was subsequently dropped by both of her labels, and she's all but disappeared from view since 2006. But now Lady Sov is back — sans her trademark side-ponytail — picking up the pieces, manhandling guitars, sampling The Cure and evoking a Eurodance Enya (check "Student Union") on the scattered but spunky Jigsaw, released via her own Midget records. Whereas fellow bratty-Brit Lily Allen feels compelled to doll up her snark by being cutesy and coy, Sov's just an unabashedly cheeky braggart. And we love her for it. Right, Philly?

Thu., May 7, 8:30 p.m., $12-$14, all ages, with Chester French and Hollywood Holt, First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St., 866-468-7619, r5productions.com.